The state education department
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Nonpublic School StudentsNonpublic schools are encouraged, but are not required, to administer New York State assessments to students who are placed in the school by a parent or guardian. If a nonpublic school chooses to administer a state assessment to its students, enrollment, demographic, program service, and assessment records for these students must be reported in SIRS. Public school districts are responsible for ensuring that students with disabilities placed by the Committee on Special Education (CSE) in approved private schools for students with disabilities are administered New York State assessments according to their grade level or age and their Individualized Education Program (IEP); these schools are responsible for testing and reporting these students’ results through the public school district with CSE responsibility. Nonpublic schools with enrolled students taking state assessments must contract with a Level 1 data center to report assessment results in SIRS. Nonpublic schools must coordinate with a Level 1 data center to ensure that the school is using an approved answer document that enables the school to report data in the SIRS. Results reported in SIRS will be used for nonpublic reports and mandated services.
The term “prekindergarten” means students who are enrolled in a prekindergarten or universal pre-K program. Students reported in any Pre-K program should be four years of age on or before December 1 or otherwise first eligible to attend kindergarten in the next school year. For such students in a half-day program, use Grade Ordinal “PREKH” to report under the data element “Grade Level”. For such students in a full-day program, use Grade Ordinal “PREKF” to report under the data element “Grade Level”. Note that a student should only be reported as Pre-K if he/she is in a Pre-K program operated by the school district or in a Universal Pre-K program under contract with the district. Universal Pre-K programs are Pre-K programs funded pursuant to Section 3602 e of Education Law. These programs are operated by the school district or by other eligible agencies under a contractual agreement with the school district. Students in Universal Pre-K programs operated by entities other than the school district or a BOCES must be reported using the first eight digits of the district’s BEDS code followed by 0666 as the building of location code. If preschool students with disabilities are enrolled in Pre–K or Universal Pre–K programs, use grade level code “PREKH” (half-day prekindergarten) or “PREKF” (full-day prekindergarten) and the building of location code of the Pre–K or Universal Pre–K program. In the Primary Service Provider column of the Special Education Snapshot template, provide the BEDS code of the special-education service provider or the coordinating service provider. In the disability Programs Fact record, provide the disability code 5786 (preschool student with a disability). Racial/Ethnic GroupsAll students must be reported as Hispanic/Latino or not Hispanic/Latino. In addition, all students must be reported with at least one race. Students who are reported as Hispanic/Latino, regardless of their race, will be counted as Hispanic or Latino for accountability and other reporting purposes. Students who are reported as not Hispanic/Latino will be counted in the race category in which they are reported for accountability. Non-Hispanic students who are reported with more than one race category will be reported as Multiracial for accountability. See “Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity Indicator” and “Race Code 1–5” in Chapter 4: Data Elements. RepeatersStudents in Grades 3 through 8, and ungraded students who are grade equivalent to Grades 3 through 8, who repeat a grade are required to take all State assessments appropriate to their grade, LEP eligibility, and NYSAA eligibility, even if they took State assessments at the same grade level in the previous year. Students who are repeating one or more subjects but not a grade may not “retake” tests in the subjects they are repeating. These students are required to take all State assessments appropriate to their current grade, LEP eligibility, and NYSAA eligibility. Safety Net OptionsRCT Safety Net: The option for a student with a disability to graduate with a local diploma based on passing one or more RCTs is available only to students with disabilities who first entered grade 9 prior to the September 2011–12 school year. The RCT safety net will remain available to those eligible students until they graduate with a regular diploma (Regents or local diploma) or until the end of the school year in which they turn 21, whichever shall occur first. Conversely, the option to take the RCTs will not be available for any student entering grade 9 beginning in September 2011 and thereafter. A student’s grade level is based on the grade the student was enrolled in during the school year prior to September 2011. Students with disabilities in grade 8 during the 2010–11 school year who entered grade 9 in September 2011, but who attended summer school or received extended school year/12-month special education services in July and August of 2011 are not eligible for the RCT safety net. Local Diploma Safety Net Option: Effective October 31, 2012, students with disabilities who score less than 55 on one or more of the required Regents examinations may graduate with a local diploma if they compensate with scores higher than 65 on other required Regents examinations. To take advantage of this option, students must score 55 or higher on the Regents English and mathematics examinations. Students may not use passing scores on RCTs to earn a local diploma when using this option. See http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/safetynet-comp-attc.htm for examples. Appeal of Regents Examination Score Option: School districts must provide unlimited opportunities for all students (students with and without disabilities) to retake required Regents examinations to improve their scores so that the student may graduate with a Regents diploma. A student with or without a disability who fails, after at least two attempts, to attain a score of 65 or above on a required Regents examination for graduation must be given an opportunity to appeal such score in accordance with the provisions of section 100.5(d)(7)(i) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. No student may appeal his or her score on more than two of the five required Regents examinations. A student whose appeal is accepted for one required Regents examination and who has attained a passing score of 65 or above on each of the four remaining required Regents examinations earns a Regents diploma. A student whose appeal is accepted for two required Regents examinations and who has attained a passing score of 65 or above on each of the three remaining required Regents examinations earns a local diploma. For additional information regarding graduation requirements, including the local diploma option and the appeals process, please refer to section 100.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, available at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/part100/pages/1005.html. For more information on safety net options for students with disabilities, see the memorandum from James DeLorenzo “Local Diploma Safety Net Options for Students with Disabilities who Enter Grade 9 in September 2011 and Thereafter” at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/localdiplomaoptions-may2011.htm. 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